Wednesday, March 11, 2009

John Forté the 1.4 Million Dollar Man

This is weird after being pardoned & released from federal prison in November by the President George Wackass Bush, John Forté the Grammy-nominated singer/rapper has just been hired as a teacher with The City College of New York (ummh i went there). Beginning March 31, Forte will work with In Arms Reach, a program designed to provide a positive environment for at-risk youth and children of incarcerated parents, according to Allhiphop.com. In 2000, Forté was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport after accepting a briefcase containing $1.4 million worth of liquid Cocaine he was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute. He was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory minimum 14 years after being found guilty, and incarcerated at Loretto Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security federal prison in central Pennsylvania. John Forté was released from prison in November after recieving a presidential pardon & serving nearly seven years for cocaine possession, . He is currently in the recording studio working on his untitled third solo album Video of Canibus, Big Pun, DMX, Mos Def, Mic Geronimo, John Forte back in the day drinking talking about hip hop.

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